Last week, Westpac’s new online banking system was offline for nine hours. The bank released the following statement: “Westpac customers…

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Last week, Westpac’s new online banking system was offline for nine hours. The bank released the following statement: “Westpac customers…
Welcome to 2014 and a new way of thinking that needs to emerge in Australia as the costs of imported goods is driving our inflation, as show…
This is my last blog for 2013 as I take off for some much-needed R&R with the kids. So I thought a philosophical discussion about strate…
We have until January 1 to install new PCs, printers, storage systems and servers, update a firewall or invest in a large TV for displaying …
Forget the gadgets, curved and flexible screens will have us viewing data and images in new ways and smart technology like screens and watch…
Last week one of our clients was struck by an encryption attack on their data. First we heard was when staff could not access server-based f…
There have been a few serious accidents with light planes lately and this got me thinking about flying, probably because that is what I spen…
Microsoft has set out to build the best suite of online tools it can, investing billions of dollars into developing the Office 365 suite of …
The reason moving is on my mind is that we just moved into our new office on Monday. Some things went well and some things failed. The impac…
This week I had the opportunity to look in on the big data team at ANZ. Wow, they are busy! With a two-year plan of work and a team that has…
Have you been hearing about big data, business intelligence or data visualisation lately? If not you either don’t need to worry about it b…
This post has nothing to do with IT systems – it is all about saving lives. Possibly yours! We are allowing technology to put our lives…